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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

Released Dec 6, 2022 Developer Black Sea Games Publisher THQ Nordic Platforms Windows StrategySimulationMedievalGrand StrategyRTS
View on Steam ↗ $44.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

76.8%positive5,792 reviews
Recommended · 20 found this helpful

“Fits neatly into the gap between Total War and Crusader Kings. The gameplay has enough stuff going on to allow some interesting shenanigans but isn't as overwhelmingly complex as paradox games. Easy to learn but still having some depth without being too confusing. Falls a bit…”

— a player, Steam review · 188 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“>Start the game as Poland >Not 5min into the session, the Pope wants money for a crusade >I send the gold >The requests repeat several times >Not actually requests but demands >More money needed >I send gold since I want to be on the good side with Our Lord and Saviour Jesus…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Not recommended · 16 found this helpful

“It's like Total War and Crusader Kings had a child, but it's not as good as either. Tactical battles are crap compared to Total War and there's not much depth on global map either. My biggest problem with this game is that there's no indication of time passing - it doesn't even…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

140playing at last check
36924-hour peak
6,034all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2023 2024 2025 2026 2.3k avg · Dec 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

100achievements
12.2%median completion
0.3%rarest: Ragium quitos?
68.1% of players 61.2% of players 59.2% of players 58.2% of players 55.0% of players 52.4% of players 52.3% of players 52.0% of players 45.2% of players 40.5% of players 38.8% of players 37.4% of players 33.0% of players 32.8% of players 31.9% of players 31.9% of players 29.6% of players 29.4% of players 29.4% of players 27.0% of players 26.4% of players 24.2% of players 24.2% of players 24.1% of players 23.9% of players 23.5% of players 23.4% of players 23.3% of players 23.3% of players 23.0% of players 22.9% of players 22.2% of players 22.2% of players 21.5% of players 21.5% of players 21.3% of players 20.8% of players 20.4% of players 20.2% of players 19.5% of players 19.3% of players 17.6% of players 17.2% of players 16.0% of players 15.6% of players 15.4% of players 15.0% of players 14.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 11.7% of players 11.0% of players 10.7% of players 10.6% of players 10.6% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 9.1% of players 8.9% of players 68.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.1%Can’t Touch This — Top a ranking.
61.2%Path of Glory — Overtake a foreign province.
59.2%Help! Help! I’m being repressed — Defeat a rebellion by force.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Ragium quitos? — Win a “First blood” game by destroying an opponent.
0.6%Where’s your crown, king Nothing? — Destroy the kingdom of another player.
0.6%We Are the Champions — Top all rankings at the same time.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$44.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$44.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US44.99 USD
EU44.99 EUR
UK37.99 GBP
Australia65.95 AUD
Canada44.99 CAD
Japan5,850 JPY
Brazil121.99 BRL
China152.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$22 Brazil Canada Japan US Australia UK EU≈$51

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 16, 2024
Knights of Honor II Patch 1.7.0

Update Overview This is the sixth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. This time we focused on rebellions and added new features to allow players to better handle rebellio

Dec 22, 2023
Knights of Honor II - Beta Patch 1.7.0b1

Hi everyone and welcome to the Beta of the 7th major patch for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign! The current Beta version is now available on Steam. To access it just right-click on the game in your lib

Nov 14, 2023
Knights of Honor II Patch Notes Game ver. 1.6.0

Update Overview This is the fifth major update since the release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign. With this update, we added more depth and features to the game’s Vassalage mechanics, allowing playe

Nov 07, 2023
Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes 1.6.0b4

Bugfixes and changes • Fixed a major bug causing vassals to demand their sovereign’s support every time a campaign was loaded. This will still happen if a savegame from a previous patch version is loa

Nov 03, 2023
Knights of Honor II Beta Patch Notes

Game ver. 1.6.0b3, 03-Nov -2023 Build version 31750 Bugfixes and changes - Added translations - Fixed text bug: replaced "+0.5 gold per worker" with "+100% gold from population" in Scutage tooltip - F

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresSimulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · Medieval · Grand Strategy · RTS · Historical · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · 4X · Sandbox · City Builder · Open World (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese * , Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian *
Achievements100
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: AMD FX-8350 or Intel Core i5-2500K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 7870 / GeForce GTX 750-Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.